How to Make Bean Soup and Moon Pies
Learn how to make bread-n-bean soup and dried-apple moon pies, a traditional Amish meal.
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This and That
The People Who Matter
“Did you hear Kanye West became a Christian?” I asked Dad and Mom last fall, soon after he released his album “Jesus Is King.” “Who’s that?” Mom asked. “Rap singer. Really famous. Married Kim Kardashian,” I said. “I don’t know who those people are, but that’s wonderful if he became a Christian.” Which reply proves
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How COVID-19 Reset My Mindset
So I’ve been sorta blue lately…not as in the color, as in the feeling. Thanks, COVID-19. Church, writers’ events, family visits–all the things I normally do that keep my mind running faster than I can follow–all of it canceled due to the present crisis. On days Ivan is gone and the house is very still
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“Place Yourself in the Feet of a Child” and Other News from the Dock
I recently published an article on The Dock: An Anabaptist Resource for Teaching and Learning. The article is titled “Place Yourself in the Feet of a Child” and begins like this: “Years after my childhood, I returned to the school I once attended. The rooms of the building were empty and cool, the tiled hallways vacant. A
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Think Different
A reader from Ontario sent this picture and quote, and said if I wanted to, I could share them with you. I wanted to. So I did.